sandy blight

American  

noun

Australian.

1. trachoma.

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sandy blight British  

noun

1. a nontechnical name for any of various eye inflammations

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Etymology

Origin of sandy blight

First recorded in 1865–70; so called in allusion to the irritation caused by such a disorder

Example Sentences

Again I sailed and crossed the stormy sound, That lies beneath Binn-Aite's rocky height, And there upon the shore, the saint I found Waiting my coming through the tardy night.

From The South Isles of Aran by Burke, Oliver J.

I am aweary of the waiting hours, I am aweary of the tardy night.

From Love Letters of a Violinist and Other Poems by Mackay, Eric

Never had time moved with slower passage for him; not hours, but weeks, seemed to elapse between each stroke of the clock; and yet around him was darkness and tardy night.

From Royalty Restored by Molloy, J. Fitzgerald (Joseph Fitzgerald)